Dry
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- 11,99 €
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- 11,99 €
Publisher Description
Da tempo la siccità non dà tregua alla California. La vita di tutti è ormai diventata un’infinita lista di divieti: non innaffiare il prato, non riempire la piscina, non fare docce troppo lunghe. Fino a quando, un giorno, dai rubinetti non scende più una goccia. E la catastrofe ha inizio.
Improvvisamente la città diventa una zona di guerra: in preda alla disperazione, i vicini e le famiglie si scontrano alla ricerca di acqua. Quando i suoi genitori non tornano a casa, Alyssa capisce che la sua vita e quella del fratello sono in pericolo, e sarà costretta a fare delle scelte difficili, se intende sopravvivere.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Neal Shusterman (Thunderhead) and son Jarrod's near-future or alternate-present America, a prolonged drought ("the Tap-Out") results in the sudden curtailment of Southern California's water supply. When their parents vanish while seeking desalinated water, 16-year-old Alyssa and 10-year-old Garrett embark on a harrowing journey, searching for their parents and fending for themselves as society deteriorates. Along the way, the siblings pick up three teens: their survivalist neighbor Kelton, unpredictable lone wolf Jacqui, and calculating opportunist Henry. This thriller alternates between the teens' distinct and plausible viewpoints, occasionally supplementing with brief "snapshots" of others (a fleeing family, a news anchor) dealing with the escalating catastrophe. The dynamic core-character relationships are satisfying, and the intersection of their narrative with the snapshots adds depth to briefly glimpsed characters and illuminates the full scale of the disaster. The lack of warning before the long-looming crisis breaks may require some initial suspension of disbelief, but the palpable desperation that pervades the plot as it thunders toward the ending feels true, giving it a chilling air of inevitability. It is also thoroughly effective as a study of how extreme circumstances can bring out people's capacity for both panic and predation, ingenuity and altruism. Ages 12 up.)
